Modern Drummer Magazine

We had done a series of sessions. Most of it was adding drums to 'Wendall,' the drum machine, tracks. For some reason Frank wanted to add live drums to the stuff he had already recorded for the new album.

The idea of the "child star" conjures up a dual image. On the one hand you have to admire the talent it took to become a star.

In any conversation with Eli Konikoff, the word "human" pops up with the regularity of sign posts on a highway.

At the age of 25, Kenwood Dennard is in a position many drummers would envy. For the past two years he has been playing in one of the top groups in the world, Manhattan Transfer.